Chapter 405: Shatter Yuanchu

Deep within the territory of Yuanchu.

Visible were countless vast and majestic temples suspended in the endless starry sky—over one hundred thousand temples, each standing a trillion li tall, radiating astonishing energy.

At the center, surrounded by these temples, floated a silver-white pyramid exceeding ten trillion li in height.

Lin Qing, clad in a white robe, stood silently on the platform atop the pyramid, gazing far out at the distant stars.

In his eyes, time and space offered no obstruction; through the intricate, layered spacetimes, he saw that the deepest core of this spacetime concealed a world barrier resembling a colossal gate.

——This was the spacetime node leading into the Yuanchu Divine Realm, but it had been seized by the spacetime fortress deployed by the Yuanchu Divine Realm.

Only by shattering this gate-like world barrier could one enter the spacetime fortress realm beyond, and only after breaching the fortress could one truly invade the interior of the Yuanchu Divine Realm.

"Uncle."

Suddenly, a phantom figure coalesced before him—it was Yu Gong's avatar.

"The majority of the Eternal Beings from the Nine Empires of our Tianguang Alliance, and the majority of the Eternal Beings from our Tianguang Divine Realm, have all assembled."

Yu Gong said: "We've precisely gathered one hundred and eight thousand Eternal Beings and thirty-eight trillion high-level chaotic lifeforms—just enough to form the highest-standard 'Lord of the Myriad Stars' battle array. As per your instructions, we did not summon many of the peak Eternal Beings; most remain stationed at key spacetime fortresses."

Lin Qing nodded slightly and said: "Peak Eternal Beings serve only as guides and anchors. With you and me leading this array, we can shatter Yuanchu's spacetime fortress."

"Uncle, you fear none of Yuanchu's Eternal Beings," Yu Gong shook his head.

"Then I'd only be able to flee," Lin Qing chuckled dryly. "Besides, I alone cannot break this world barrier, nor can I breach a spacetime fortress guarded by three National Lord-level powerhouses and one hundred thousand Eternal Beings."

Yu Gong immediately said: "Without Uncle, none of us would dare attack the Yuanchu Divine Realm."

Lin Qing shook his head slightly and said: "Also, issue orders: after we enter the Yuanchu Divine Realm, do not slaughter indiscriminately. Only kill those who have joined the army and the Eternal Beings. Spare the innocent low-level chaotic lifeforms."

"Of course, Uncle—you, like Grandmaster, pity the weak and helpless," Yu Gong said respectfully. "Grandmaster has always instructed us thus."

Lin Qing hummed in acknowledgment and nodded slightly.

Roughly two to three percent of the three factions' cosmic origins reside among the lifeforms and life-planets of their respective empires, especially life-planets—every lifeform's existence and death stems from these planets, and the cosmic origins contained in First-Class Stars and Sacred Stars account for over ninety percent of this two-to-three percent.

The remaining seven to eight percent of the cosmic origins are concentrated in the wonders within the Divine Realms, while lifeforms make up less than one-tenth of that total.

Especially the weak lifeforms—their combined cosmic origins might not equal what a single Eternal Being absorbs.

So…

Slaughtering all lifeforms might yield more cosmic origins, but even if every last one were wiped out, the gain would be less than one percent more.

Beings like Guang Wang, who pity the weak and helpless, would never allow their disciples to slaughter innocent, powerless lifeforms.

Lin Qing merely chose to kill those who joined the army and the Eternal Beings, and to destroy all First-Class Stars and Sacred Stars in the enemy's territory—this alone would secure over ninety percent of the enemy faction's cosmic origins.

Countless weak void lifeforms and planetary lifeforms had no idea why war had erupted; they lacked even the right to participate in the war, were merely innocent victims caught in the crossfire, and their lives were already short by nature.

"Report to the Ninth Prince: Temple No. 10447 is fully prepared."

"Ninth Prince: Temple No. 18887 is ready…"

One by one, Eternal Beings condensed their avatars to report, while streams of power began to resonate and reinforce the silver-white pyramid where Lin Qing stood.

The 'Lord of the Myriad Stars' battle array's foundation was the one hundred and eight thousand star-temples led by the Eternal Beings.

As the Lord of the Myriad Stars—the main array controller—he anchored the array's core with his life-bound Eternal Treasure, channeling the power of the stars.

With his strength, he could fully withstand this boundless stellar power; the stellar power alone could suppress certain Ultimate Beings or top-tier National Lords.

Soon, the one hundred and eight thousand star-temples were fully prepared.

As the one hundred and eight thousand stars resonated together, a vast torrent of stellar power descended.

Lin Qing swept his gaze across the temples and spoke:

"The time has come. March against Yuanchu!"

"March against Yuanchu!"

As Lin Qing's voice echoed through the endless starry sky, the sheer power of the Lord of the Myriad Stars contained within his voice instantly shattered the entire spacetime of this starry region.

Within the shattered spacetime's chaos, a gate-like world barrier, tens of millions of li tall, became visible.

"Stabilize."

Lin Qing casually reached out and grasped remotely; the furious storm of spacetime chaos was utterly repelled, leaving only the chaotic void layer and the gate-like world barrier.

Infinite stellar power surged and converged, continuously reinforcing his body.

Though this boundless power could only be channeled through him and could not be used to cast divine techniques, it far surpassed his own strength—if he possessed sufficient control, he could unleash its colossal might!

"Break."

Lin Qing struck forward with a palm through the void; infinite light coalesced into a colossal giant palm, descending like a heavenly punishment of cataclysmic destruction, wreathed in swirling energy that instantly triggered the boundless stellar power!

With his strength, he could effortlessly command this infinite stellar power!

"Boom—!"

The giant palm, tens of millions of li long, slammed with the force of a collapsing universe onto the massive world barrier.

In an instant, the world barrier sank deeply inward, its entire surface cracking with countless fissures.

"Too terrifying…"

The Eternal Beings within the star-temples trembled in awe as they watched.

The resilience of a world barrier could be judged by its size; Yuanchu's spacetime fortress barrier was so vast that even ordinary Ultimate Beings might not budge it an inch.

And yet this prince, after channeling the stellar power, nearly shattered it with a single palm?

Clearly, one person had fully activated this infinite stellar power!

"Boom!!"

Another terrifying strike landed on the nearly collapsed world barrier, causing the entire barrier to shatter and disintegrate.

As the world barrier vanished, a spacetime fortress realm composed of ten thousand mountains emerged.

The ten thousand endless mountain ranges were each formed of countless peaks—clearly, ten thousand Eternal Beings arrayed in formation.

Among them, the three most majestic peaks seemed to support the entire heavens and earth; atop each stood a figure.

They were the three National Lord-level powerhouses of the Yuanchu Divine Realm—Like Yu Gong, Wei Yuan Gong, and Fen Xin Gong.

Like Yu Gong and Wei Yuan Gong's main combat avatars had obviously been reforged.

However, the auras of these two were clearly weaker than before; some World Treasures cannot be replenished at any time. Even after reforging their innate supreme treasures, their strength was not as great as in the past.

"Like Yu Gong, the chaotic strange treasure the World God bestowed upon you is now in my hands. Do you still intend to resist?"

Lin Qing's voice echoed through the Space-Time Fortress World, and that massive power of the starry host immediately caused the entire world to tremble slightly.

The suppression of the Space-Time Fortress World had little effect on a Duke-level powerhouse, merely reducing his strength by one or two tenths.

At the same time, a vast and boundless illusory world descended upon reality, covering the entire Space-Time Fortress World and beginning to suppress all living beings within the Hundred Thousand Mountains!

"Hmph!"

Like Yu Gong let out a cold snort, and both Fén Xīn Gong and Wei Yuan Gong had cold eyes.

At this moment, the mental wills of the three Duke-level powerhouses commanded the eternal existences of the Hundred Thousand Mountains and countless high-level chaotic beings; their minds merged into one, and an immense will shot straight up into the sky.

Under the suppression of this vast illusory world, it was actually one notch weaker than this countless will, merely managing to slightly reduce the auras of the various beings in the Hundred Thousand Mountains by one or two tenths.

"Oh?" Lin Qing remained calm as ever.

His inner world was already vast, his mental will extremely strong, and with the amplification of his Mind Walker avatar, his will was far greater than that of an ordinary Duke-level powerhouse.

But compared to the immense will gathered from those Hundred Thousand Mountains, he had some gap.

That was the mental will gathered by three Dukes, hundreds of peak Eternal existences, nearly a hundred thousand Eternal existences, and countless high-level chaotic beings; it was more than ten times stronger than the previous large-scale army.

Even if they could not truly merge into one, it was not something he could casually crush.

"Lin Qing, do you think your Illusory World Great Extinction is still useful?"

Like Yu Gong's eyes were cold, and his low voice echoed through the world as well: "That is a treasure the World God bestowed upon me just now; only I can use it. Do you think it is useful in your hands?"